Movies and the meaning of life : philosophers take on Hollywood / [Edited by] Kimberly A. Blessing and Paul J. Tudico
Language: eng Publication details: Chicago : Open Court, 2005Description: xvi, 302 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780812695755
- 0812695755
- 791.43/684
- PN 1995 M935 2005
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Acknowledgments: You Mean So Much to Us
Introduction: So . . . Why "The Meaning of Life"?
Take One: Are You For Real?
THE TRUMAN SHOW
1. Deceit and Doubt: The Search For Truth in The Truman Show and Descartes's
Meditations
KIMBERLY A. BLESSING
CONTACT
2. Our Place in the Cosmos: Faith and Belief in Contact
HEATHER KEITH AND STEVE FESMIRE
WAKING LIFE
3. The On-Going Wow: Waking Life and The Waltz Between Detachment and Immersion
KEVIN STOEHR
Take Two: Who Am I?
FIGHT CLUB
4. I Am Jack's Wasted Life: Fight Club and Personal Identity
JOHN ZAVODNY
BEING JOHN MALKOVICH
5. It's my Heeeeaaaad!: Sex and Death in Being John Malkovich
WALTER OTT
BOYS DON'T CRY
6. Popping It In: Gender Identity in Boys Don't Cry
REBECCA HANRAHAN
MEMENTO
7. We All Need Mirrors to Remind Us Who We Are: Inherited Meaning and Inherited
Selves in Memento
MICHAEL BAUR
Take Three: Am I Alone?
CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
8. The Indifferent Universe: Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors
MARK T. CONARD
SHADOWLANDS
9. Rats In God's Laboratory: Shadowlands and The Problem of Evil
DAVID BAGGETT
CHASING AMY
10. Flying Without a Map: Chasing Amy and The Quest For Satisfying Relationships
JERRY WALLS
Take Four: What Do I Want Out of Life?
AMERICAN BEAUTY
11. American Beauty: Look Closer
GEORGE HOLE
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
12. Life is Beautiful: The Lure of Evil and the Rebellion of Love
ANTHONY SCIGLITANO
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
13. The Shawshank Redemption and The Hope For Escape
WILLIAM YOUNG
KILL BILL, VOLUMES 1 AND 2
14. The Roar and the Rampage: A Tale of Revenge in Kill Bill Volumes I and II
SHAI BIDERMAN
Take Five: How Should I Live My Life?
PLEASANTVILLE
15. Pleasantville, Aristotle, and the Meaning of Life
ERIC REITAN
SPIDERMAN AND SPIDERMAN II
16. Of Spiderman, Spiderman II, and Living Like a Hero
JONATHAN SANDFORD
MINORITY REPORT
17. So Tired of the Future: Freedom and Determinism in Minority Report
SHAI BIDERMAN AND NIR EISIKOVITS
PULP FICTION
18. Grace, Fate, and Accident in Pulp Fiction
MICHAEL SILBERSTEIN
GROUNDHOG DAY
19. What Nietzsche Could Teach You: Eternal Recurrence in Groundhog Day
JAMES SPENCE
You Mean We Have to Say Something About Ourselves?
Index
A compelling collection of essays explores philosophical issues through the lens of popular Hollywood films, finding interesting topics in Fight Club, Being John Malkovich, American Beauty, and many other movies. Original.
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